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St. Paul's, Alexandria 200th anniversary dinner

December 16, 2008

[…] of several St. Paul’s ladies, including one who is said to have dropped her Prayer Book down from the gallery onto the head of an offending officer. I wonder whose […]

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Bulletin Insert: What Is Pentecost? – May 21, 2023

May 12, 2023

[…] of the earth—witnessing to the risen Christ. The Day of Pentecost is identified by the Book of Common Prayer as one of the feast days “especially appropriate” for baptism (Book of Common Prayer, […]

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Increase Our Faith…, Proper 22 (C) – 2001

October 07, 2001

[…] that is in us. In the words of the prayer attributed to St. Francis ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 833), each of us in our small way can be an instrument of […]

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A Year Ago…, All Saints’ Day (C) – 2010

November 01, 2010

[…] and the ‘saints,’” according to Marion Hatchett, author of the Commentary on the American Prayer Book. The readings from scripture and the glorious hymns we sing make this feast one […]

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AdventWord 2019: 6. House

December 6, 2019

[…] There was only one thing to do. Flee the scene. I grabbed a stack of books and headed straight for the day spa, where I hoped to rid myself of […]

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Perhaps Many of Us Will Think…, Lent 1 (B) – 2009

March 08, 2009

[…] because God first loved us. The introduction to the liturgy of Holy Baptism in The Book of Common Prayer states this fact with outstanding clarity: “Holy Baptism is full initiation by water and […]

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Bible Study: Epiphany 1 (A) – 2014

January 11, 2014

[…] words? Matthew 3:13-17 Take a moment and read the part of Eucharistic Prayer C ( Book of Common Prayer, p. 372), which asks for “deliverance from the presumption of coming to this Table […]

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"Will You Call This a Fast?"

March 7, 2019

[…] beliefs. Later, I found that this refreshing spirituality was enshrined in the back of the Book of Common Prayer, Article XIV of the 39 articles. It reads, Of Works of Supererogation Voluntary works […]

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Will You Follow?, 2 Christmas – 2021

January 03, 2021

[…] did. Yet God’s sign compelled them to become part of God’s hopeful story. In our Book of Common Prayer, the Christian hope is defined as living “with confidence in newness and fullness of […]

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Bible Study: Christ the King (B) – 2015

November 22, 2015

[…] written by an historical person to first-century communities of Christ-followers. Scholars disagree about whether the book of Revelation was composed before the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE near […]

Price, Charles Philip
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Price, Charles Philip

[…] Texts for The Hymnal 1982, 1976-1982. Among his numerous writings are Introduction to the Proposed Book of Common Prayer (1976), Principles of Faith and Practice (1977), A Matter of Faith (1983), and Liturgy […]

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